Happy St. Patrick's Day! Today was a fun day in first grade! This morning we did our regular routine. In reading we were introduced to all the new concepts for the week. Our sound this week is the long i sound. We are practicing that sound with the i_e spelling pattern. For grammar, we are working on using describing words that show feelings. For writing, we will all be writing about a memory we have had. Ask your child what memory he/she will write about during Daily 5 this week. He/she should already know since we made an idea web about it today! We had music this morning and PE this afternoon. When we got back to our classroom from PE, we realized we had a visitor. We don't know who it was but we are assuming a leprechaun stopped by while we were away and left us some treats at our desks. We sure are LUCKY! With it being St. Patrick's Day, we graphed a cup full of lucky charms and made a leprechaun puppet. They all turned out adorable! Our day ended with math. In math today we worked more on telling time to the half hour. We focused a lot on saying this time two different ways. For example, it can be 2:30 or half past 2. Have a great night! See all your smiling faces back here tomorrow. :)